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Goaded vs Woaded - What's the difference?

goaded | woaded |

As verbs the difference between goaded and woaded

is that goaded is past tense of goad while woaded is past tense of woad.

As an adjective woaded is

coloured or stained with woad.

goaded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (goad)

    • goad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
  • * Macaulay
    • The daily goad urging him to the daily toil.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To prod with a goad.
  • To encourage or stimulate.
  • To incite or provoke.
    • goading a boy to fight

    See also

    * goat

    Anagrams

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    woaded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Coloured or stained with woad.
    • Man tattoed or woaded , winter-clad in skins. — Tennyson.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (woad)
  • * 1776 , Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, Dye'', entry in ''The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , Volume 1, page 49 or 50,
    • The piece which has only been woaded' will be sound bluish, with somewhat of a dull green ; if it have been both '''woaded''' and maddered, it will be of a tan or minim colour; and if it have been neither ' woaded nor maddered, its colour will be dunni?h, between yellow and ?allow.
  • * 1968 , Eric Kerridge, The Agricultural Revolution , page 210,
    • The field was then laid to grass and after a dozen years could be woaded again.
    (Webster 1913)